definite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →definitus, definita, definitum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
definite/precise/limited/finite; limited in number; concerned with particulars;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →definite:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precisely, definitely, distinctly, clearly; expressly, in particular instances;
- Entry →definio, definire, definivi, definitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
define/bound/fix/limit/mark; restrict/confine; assign, ordain; lay down (rule);; finish off/put an end/end the life; determine, settle; specify, sum up; assert;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...voluptatem summum bonum esse ponit; eam tamen ita definit: sarkos eustathes katastema; III. Antisthenes Socraticus summum malum dicit..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...hanc ferme sententiam Chrysippus, Stoicae princeps philosophiae, definit: "Fatum est" inquit "sempiterna quaedam et indeclinabilis series rerum..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...litteris, quas ad Clodium Tuscum dedit, hisce verbis definit: ""Soloecismus" est" inquit "impar atque inconveniens compositura partium orationis..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quam grammen Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit: "Linea est" inquit "longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...tibi tam proprium, quam paternum; nec magis definite distincteque designat, qui TRAIANUM, quam qui OPTIMUM appellat: ut olim..."
